New Testament
For some Christians, a solar eclipse signals the second coming of Christ
By Eric Vanden Eykel — April 5, 2024
(The Conversation) — A scholar of early Christian literature writes that religious theories around celestial events are part of a larger human pattern to find meaning. And they go back thousands of years.
In ‘God’s Ghostwriters,’ scholar Candida Moss looks at the hidden hands behind the Bible
By Bob Smietana — March 13, 2024
(RNS)— In her new book, Moss argues that slaves and other lower-status workers played a key role in producing and preserving the Christian Scriptures.
What the Catholic Church could learn about Good Friday from ‘Parade’
By Jim McDermott — April 6, 2023
(RNS) — How can we complicate our understanding of the Passion narrative of the Gospel of John to defuse its antisemitism?
His popular blog debunks Christian myths. With the profits, he does the Christian thing.
By Yonat Shimron — February 10, 2023
(RNS) — Bart Ehrman is known for challenging established Christian teachings. But there’s a part of him that still honors his abandoned Christian faith and what he sees as its moral obligations, such as giving to charity.
6 ideas for Mormons studying the New Testament this year
By Jana Riess — January 5, 2023
(RNS) — From podcasts to YouTube channels to books, here’s my curated list of favorite (fun, even!) companions for studying the New Testament in 2023.
‘You put the baby in the manger?’: New podcast looks at sacred and profane in the Gospels
By Bob Smietana — December 7, 2022
(RNS) — A ‘biblical backstager,’ the new audio drama ‘Almelem’ features ‘a small group of con artists and true disciples fumbling toward the greatest story ever told.’
Teaching teachers about the Holocaust and its lessons for democracy today
By Yonat Shimron — August 10, 2022
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (RNS) — The Olga Lengyel Institute trains schoolteachers to view the Holocaust as a prism for understanding social injustice, bigotry and hatred.
Trusting Jesus in the COVID-19 storm
By Greg Laurie — April 2, 2020
(RNS) — We all know the feeling of the downward spiral of fear, anxiety and worry. We ‘start to sink’ when we forget God’s promises to us. We forget that he is in control of our lives.
Bart Ehrman on why everything you’ve been told about heaven and hell is wrong
By Yonat Shimron — March 26, 2020
(RNS) — Best known for his popular books debunking the central assumptions of Christian Scriptures, the New Testament scholar continues this quest in his latest book, ‘Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife.’
N.T. Wright explains the world of the New Testament in new book
By Emily McFarlan Miller — November 21, 2019
CHICAGO (RNS) — 'The New Testament in Its World' captures — in nearly 1,000 pages, a workbook and series of lectures — the 'sweep of my teaching,' said the Anglican bishop and scholar.
Bible scholar: Paul’s letter to the Romans is what we should read in the Trump era — backward
By Jana Riess — July 25, 2019
(RNS) — The evangelical New Testament scholar says we need to hear Paul tell us to treat one another as siblings and tolerate one another in our differences.
Scribes tried to blot her out. Now a scholar is trying to recover the real Mary Magdalene.
By Yonat Shimron — July 19, 2019
(RNS) — New questions about Mary Magdalene's true identity have implications not just for biblical scholars but for policy about women's roles in the church.
Note to newspaper editors: Change ‘church’ to ‘hierarchy’
By Thomas Reese — November 26, 2018
(RNS) — Saying that the Catholic church did not protect children is wrong. We should not blame the the people of God for the sins of the hierarchy.
He’s not a rabbi, and it’s not Judaism
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 31, 2018
What happened in Pittsburgh was anti-Semitic. What happened in Michigan was anti-Judaism.
What was the first Bible like?
By The Conversation — August 31, 2018
(The Conversation) — The curious case of Bible #1, and how much we actually know about it.
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